master or commander of such ship or vessel, an except those of them. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That the Masters of vessels, post master to whom such letters may be deliver-foreign packets ed, shall pay to the master or commander, or and delivered by other person, delivering the same, except the commanders of foreign packets, two cents for each letter or packet, and shall obtain, from the person delivering the same, a certificate specifying the number of letters and packets, with the name of the ship or vessel, and the place from whence she last sailed; which certificate, together with a receipt for the money, shall be, with his quarterly accounts, transmitted to the post master general, who shall credit him with the amount. 30th April, 1810. 2 ses. 11 Con. AN ACT To establish the districts of Mumphreymagog, of Oswegatchie, and of the White Mountains. Sec. 1. Be be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of April next, all that part Mumphreynagog district establish Oswegatehie dis trict established. White Mountains ed. of the state of Vermont, lying east of lake Mumphreymagog, and including also all such shores and waters of the said lake, as lie within the said state, shall constitute a district, to be called the district of Mumphreymagog;* of which Derby shall be the sole port of entry; and a collector for the said district shall be appointed to reside at the said port of entry. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of April next, all the shores and waters of the river St. Lawrence, which lie in the state of New York, east of the western boundary of the county of St. Lawrence, and west of the western boundary of the collection district of Champlain, shall constitute a district to be called the district of Oswegatchie,† of of which Ogdenburgh shall be the sole port of entry, and a collector for the said district shall be appointed to reside at Ogdenburgh. And the President of the United States is authorized to to establish another place in the said district to be a port of delivery only; and a surveyor shall be appointed to reside at such port of delivery. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all district establish that part of the state of New Hampshire which lies adjacent to the northern boundary of the United States, and north of forty-four degrees, thirty minutes, north latitude, shall from and after the first day of April next, constitute a district to be called the district of White Mountains;" the President of the United States is authorized to *See antea page 19. †See antea page 17. establish a place in the said district to be the port of entry; and a collector shall be appointed to reside at the said place. district Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Port of entry for President of the United States be, and he is here- tered, may be alby authorized to alter the place which had heretofore been designated to be the port of entry for the district of Vermont, and to establish another place to be such port of entry. the collectors. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That from compensation of and after the first day of April next, the collectors of the districts established by this act, and the collectors of the districts of Vermont, Champlain and Sacketts Harbour and Oswego, shall each receive, in addition to the fees and commissions allowed by law, an annual salary of five hundred dollars a year; and the annual salary heretofore allowed to the collectors of the three last mentioned districts shall, from and after the said first day of April, be discontinued; and the surveyor to be appointed for the district of Oswegatchie, shall receive, in addition to the fees allowed by law, a salary of one hundred and fifty dollars a year. 2d March, 1811. 8 Ses. 11 Con. AN ACT To annex part of the state of New-Jersey to the collection district of New-York; to remove the office of collector of Niagara to Lewiston, to make Cape St. Vincent, in the district of Sacketts harbour, a port of delivery; and out of the districts of Miami and Mississippi, to make two new districts, to be called districts of Sandusky and Teche, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that part of the state added to the dis of New-Jersey, which lies north and east of Eliz Part of the state of New-Jersey, trict of New York. abethtown and Staten Island, be, and the same is hereby annexed to the district of New-York;* that an assistant collector, to be appointed and commissioned by the president of the United States, shall reside at the town of Jersey, who shall have power to enter and clear vessels in like manner as the collector of New-York is authorized by law to do; but such assistant collector shall nevertheless act in conformity to such instructions and regulations as he shall from time to time receive from the collector of New-York; and that the said assistant collector shall receive for his annual salary one thousand dollars, in full for all services to be by him performed, and in lieu of commissions and fees. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all that part of the Miami district laying east of the western cape of Sandusky bay, shall be a district, to be called the district of Sandusky; and the *See antea page 16. President is hereby authorized to designate such place in the district of Sandusky, as he shall judge expedient, to be the port of entry of the said district; and a collector for the said district shall be appointed to reside at the port of entry. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That Cape Cape Vincent Vincent in the district of Sacketts Harbor shall, from and after the thirty first day of May next, be a port of delivery only; and a surveyor shall be appointed to reside at the said port. made a port of delivery only. collectors office Lewiston, & Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Transfer of the collectors office shall, after the thirty-first day of from Niagara to May next, be removed from fort Niagara* to Lewiston, which last mentioned place shall in future be the residence of the collector; and also that the office of the collector of the customs, for the district of Buffaloe creek, shall be kept at such place or places in the town of Buffaloe as the President of the United States shall designate. beyond the Cape may enter at Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That ships vessels from or or vessels, arriving from and after the first day of of Good Hope, May next, from the Cape of Good Hope, or from Plymouth any place beyond the same, shall be admitted to make entry at Plymouth† and Nantucket ports of entry in the state of Massachusetts. port of delivery. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That from Bangor made a and after the first day of May next, Bangor,‡ in the district of Penobscot, in the state of Massachusetts, be, and the same is hereby made a port of delivery, to be annexed to the district of Pen *See antea page 18. †See antea page 43. See antea page 9. |